ἄλευρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂leh₁wr̥. Cognate with Old Armenian ալեւր (alewr).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἄλευρον • (áleuron) n (genitive ἀλεύρου); second declension (chiefly in the plural)

  1. wheat flour, wheatmeal
    • 430 BCE, Herodotus, “Book VII, Polyymnia”, in Histories, section 119:
      Οἱ ἀστοὶ ἄλευρά τε καὶ ἄλφιτα ἐποίευν πάντες ἐπὶ μῆνας συχνούς.
      Hoi astoì áleurá te kaì álphita epoíeun pántes epì mênas sukhnoús.
      The citizens continued to make wheatmeal and barleymeal for many months.
    Synonym: ἀλείατα (aleíata), ἀλέατα (aléata) (Homeric)
  2. meal

Usage notes

Particularly differentiated from ἄλφιτα (álphita, “barley flour, barleymeal”) (see Herodotus quote).

Declension
Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓́λευρον; τοῦ ᾰ̓λεύρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Plural
Nominative τὸ ᾰ̓́λευρον
tò áleuron		 τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λευρᾰ
tà áleura
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓λεύρου
toû aleúrou		 τῶν ᾰ̓λεύρων
tôn aleúrōn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓λεύρῳ
tôi aleúrōi		 τοῖς ᾰ̓λεύροις
toîs aleúrois
Accusative τὸ ᾰ̓́λευρον
tò áleuron		 τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓́λευρᾰ
tà áleura
Vocative ᾰ̓́λευρον
áleuron		 ᾰ̓́λευρᾰ
áleura
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: aleurone
  • → French: aleurone
  • Greek: άλευρο (álevro), αλεύρι (alévri)
  • → Italian: aleurone

Further reading
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